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Yea jQuery is cool and all. But I once looked at the code I was writing and couldn't stop seeing where it was taking me. I like writing modules I can test in isolation that aren't tightly-coupled to any DOM. JavaScript is way more beautiful like that.

I can't believe you put the words "great" and "javascript" into the same sentence.

".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010-You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010-When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

The importance Microsoft puts on font is great to see, especially because while fonts are an important aspect of written or typed work, the digital space is where most new text resides, like within an app.

Personally, I think the fact that you would be pretty well invisible to most traffic, and un the fumes of vehicles around you, didn't help much either. I believe most of them ended up as runarounds in theme parks, which was probably a good thing. Would love to try one.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.

They could push something incredible out to live tiles tomorrow, and it's doubtful I'd notice before the end of the year even though I use W10 at home.

0) Reboot PC (after patch Tuesday)

1) Mash a half dozen shortcuts on my taskbar. (Probably should just add them to the startup folder, but I can't be elephanted...)

2) Launch an occasional game via Steam (either the client or the tray icon).

3) Once or twice per month: Start button + search text + enter. This's the only time I have the start menu open; but my eyes are on the left edge where the searchbox/results are and not paying attention to any of the live tiles to the right.

4) Patch Tuesday, time to reboot.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius

Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt